Appraising the reliability of converted wavefield imaging: Application to USArray imaging of the 410-km discontinuity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1240-1254

  Liu, Xin ^a   Pavlis, Gary L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle processes; North America; Theoretical seismology; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

RECOVERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIOURS; CHECKERBOARD PATTERNS; MANTLE PROCESS; NORTH AMERICA; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; THEORETICAL SEISMOLOGIES; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS; WAVE SCATTERING AND DIFFRACTIONS;

DATA HANDLING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCONTINUITY; IMAGING METHOD; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

ARIZONA; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876863129     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs088     Document Type: Article

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